Pancreas

Question 1

Is the pancreas covered in peritoneum

Answer 1

It’s retroperitoneal except for the tail

Question 2

What abdominal regions does the pancreas occupy

Answer 2

Epigastrium

Let hypochondrium

Question 3

What are the parts of the pancreas

Answer 3

Ucinate process 
Head
Neck 
Body 
Tail

Question 4

What is the head of pancreas

Answer 4

Widest part of the pancreas embraced by the C-shaped curve of the duodenum

Question 5

Location of head of pancreas

Answer 5

Right of superior mesenteric vessels

Inferior to transtubercular plane

Question 6

Where do the superior mesenteric vessels cross the pancreas

Answer 6

Posterior surface of the neck

Anterior to the ucinate process

Question 7

Where does the splenic vein join the SMV to form the hepatic portal vein

Answer 7

Posterior to the neck of the pancreas

Question 8

Where does the stomach lie in relation to the pancreas

Answer 8

The anterior surface of the neck of pancreas is adjacent to the pylorus
Anterior to the body of pancreas

Question 9

Which vertebra does the body of pancreas cross

Answer 9

L2

Question 10

What is the body of pancreas in contact with

Answer 10

Aorta 
SMA
Left adrenal gland
Left kidney
Renal vessels

Question 11

What does the pancreatic tail pass between

Answer 11

Layers of the splenorenal ligament

Question 12

What is the pancreatic tail in close contact to

Answer 12

Anterior to left kidney
Splenic hilum
Left colic flexure

Question 13

Course of the pancreatic duct

Answer 13

Begins at the tail and runs to the head where it turns inferiorly and joins the common bile duct

Question 14

What connects acini

Answer 14

Intercalated ducts

Question 15

What do the intercalated ducts drain into

Answer 15

Intralobular collecting ducts which then drain into the main pancreatic duct

Question 16

Arterial supply of the pancreas except the head

Answer 16

Coeliac trunk -> splenic -> pancreatic arteries

E.g. Greater pancreatic artery and dorsal pancreatic artery

Question 17

Arterial supply of the head of pancreas

Answer 17

Coeliac trunk -> common hepatic -> gastroduodenal -> anterior and posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries

Superior mesenteric -> inferior pancreaticoduodenal -> anterior and posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal arteries

Question 18

Venous drainage of the pancreas except the head

Answer 18

Pancreatic veins empty into the splenic vein or SMV

Question 19

Venous drainage of the head of pancreas

Answer 19

Superior and inferior pancreaticoduodenal veins empty into the SMV

Question 20

What do pancreatic lymphatic vessels empty into

Answer 20

Pancreaticosplenal nodes

Pyloric nodes

Question 21

What do the pancreaticosplenal and pyloric nodes drain into

Answer 21

Superior mesenteric node

Coeliac lymph node